Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Using Basella Alba (Red Vine Spinach) Sensitizer Nanocrystalline TiO2 Photoanode

Authors

  • M. S. Dixit  Nanostructured Thin Film Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Govt. Vidharba Institute of Science and Humanities, VMV Road, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
  • Khadija Sofi  Nanostructured Thin Film Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Govt. Vidharba Institute of Science and Humanities, VMV Road, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
  • P. Sonone  Nanostructured Thin Film Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Govt. Vidharba Institute of Science and Humanities, VMV Road, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
  • G. T. Tayade  Nanostructured Thin Film Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Govt. Vidharba Institute of Science and Humanities, VMV Road, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
  • A. U. Ubale  Nanostructured Thin Film Materials Laboratory, Department of Physics, Govt. Vidharba Institute of Science and Humanities, VMV Road, Amravati, Maharashtra, India

Keywords:

Dye sensitized solar cell(DSSC), Titanium dioxide, Basella Alba dye.

Abstract

In the present work, dye sensitized solar cell is  fabricated using Basella Alba (Red Vine Spinach) as sensitizer on nanocrystalline TiO2 photoanode. TiO2 photoanode film is deposited on transparent fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) substrate using doctor blade method. Using UV- Vis spectrometer, optical absorption analyses is carried out for Basella Alba .The DSSC is fabricated by assembling Basella Alba sensitized photoanode and graphite coated counter electrode. The photoelectrochemical performance of the Basella Alba fruit dye extract showed an open ciorcuit voltage(Voc) of 0.8 mV, Short circuit current 10 mA Fill factor 0.63, and conversion efficiency 0.50%.

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M. S. Dixit, Khadija Sofi, P. Sonone, G. T. Tayade, A. U. Ubale, " Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Using Basella Alba (Red Vine Spinach) Sensitizer Nanocrystalline TiO2 Photoanode, IInternational Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology(IJSRCSEIT), ISSN : 2456-3307, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp.97-101, March-April-2019.